Deflorate (album)

Deflorate is the fourth studio album by American melodic death metal band the Black Dahlia Murder. Released through Metal Blade Records on September 15, 2009. The album sold 12,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release and debuted at position #43 on the Billboard 200.^[7]

Deflorate
Studio album by the Black Dahlia Murder
Released	September 15, 2009
Studio	John Blanche, Birmingham, Michigan (drums) Top Thrill, Birmingham (guitars and bass) Audio Hammer, Sanford, Florida (vocals)
Genre	Melodic death metal
Length	34:00
Label	Metal Blade
Producer	The Black Dahlia Murder Jason Suecof Mark Lewis
The Black Dahlia Murder chronology
Nocturnal (2007) Deflorate (2009) Ritual (2011)
Singles from Deflorate
"A Selection Unnatural" Released: August 11, 2009[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[2]
AllMusic	[3]
Blabbermouth	8.5/10[4]
Lambgoat	7/10[5]
PopMatters	7/10[6]

Background

Deflorate is the first album to feature new guitarist Ryan Knight, who replaced John Kempainen. Trevor has stated in an interview that the album has more of a "classic feel" and that the drums have more of a "live sound". Trevor has also touched on the lyrical subjects of some songs, such as "I Will Return" being about cryogenic freezing. The third track of the album, "A Selection Unnatural", was made available for streaming on July 7, 2009, through the Revolver website. The cover art was painted by Tony Koehl. The album comes with a bonus DVD titled "We're Going Places (We've Never Been Before)" that contains tour footage from around the world as well as in-studio recording footage. A video for "Necropolis" was made available at the Revolver website on September 4, 2009. "Necropolis" is also a free song for the IOS rhythm game Tap Tap Revenge 3 and was a part of the soundtrack for the 2011 video game Saint's Row: The Third. The album reached number 43 on the Billboard 200 in one week.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Trevor Strnad.

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Black Valor"	Brian Eschbach	3:09
2.	"Necropolis"	Eschbach	3:30
3.	"A Selection Unnatural"	Ryan Williams Eschbach	2:50
4.	"Denounced, Disgraced"	Eschbach	3:43
5.	"Christ Deformed"	Williams Eschbach	3:31
6.	"Death Panorama"	Eschbach	1:54
7.	"Throne of Lunacy"	Ryan Knight Eschbach	3:34
8.	"Eyes of Thousand"	Eschbach	3:13
9.	"That Which Erodes the Most Tender of Things"	Eschbach	3:01
10.	"I Will Return"	Knight Eschbach	5:35
Total length:			34:00

Personnel

The Black Dahlia Murder

• Trevor Strnad – vocals
• Ryan Knight – lead guitar
• Brian Eschbach – rhythm guitar
• Ryan Williams – bass
• Shannon Lucas – drums

Production

• Produced by Jason Suecof, Mark Lewis and the Black Dahlia Murder

Additional personnel

• Jason Suecof – outro guitar solo on "I Will Return"

Album charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[7]	43
Billboard's Top Independent Albums	5
Billboard's Top Hard Music Albums	4
HITS Top 50 Albums	50
Canada Billboard Charts	52
Top Independent Albums	3
Top Hard Music Albums	6